National Party of Syria

The National Party was an Arab nationalist and conservative political party in Syria which existed from 1948 to 1963. It was founded in 1948 by Shukri al-Quwatli, and, unlike the liberal and pro-West People's Party of Syria, it was pro-Eastern. It was Syria's dominant party during the late 1940s and early 1950s, when it was eclipsed in popularity by the People's Party; both parties were banned following the 1963 Syrian coup d'etat.